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How to count ML030

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    • August 24, 2017 at 12:51 pm #78510
      Robert C. M
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        I have been wracking my brain on trying to figure out how to count the beats out on this lesson. I think it might be:
        1 & ah, 2, 3 & 4. Is that correct?

        Thanks.

        Chip

      • August 24, 2017 at 1:35 pm #78513
        Bob S
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          Chip,
          I would not count it they way you indicated. You subdivided beat one into threes, which is not necessary. I would count the whole measure as 1 and, 2 and, 3 and, 4 and. You play one note over the 1 and, nothing on two, one note on the and of two, nothing on three, then a note that lasts from the and of 3, to the four, nothing on the and of four.

          There are ways to vocalize these where you have one sound for a quarter, two tones for eighths, and a different tone for eighths that are not played. I don’t do this but it might be something like dah, um pah, um paaah. Where dah is the quarter, um is silence, pah is the eighth and paaah is the held eighth-quarter. Seems too complicated for me.

          Hope this helps.
          Bob

        • August 24, 2017 at 2:57 pm #78528
          Chris T
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            Hi Chip
            This site is very useful for this sort of thing. You can add your notation, and the site does the hard bit for you.

            http://www.philtulga.com/counter.html

          • August 24, 2017 at 3:19 pm #78532
            sunjamr
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              Where there aren’t any triplets, I use the 1 and, 2 and, 3 and, 4 and method. The first note is held for “1 and”. The fret slap falls on “2” and the second note falls on it’s “and”. “3” is counted as a silent beat, and the third note falls on it’s “and”. The 4th note is played on “4”, and is followed by a silent “and”. I print out the tabs, so I often write the above style beat notation above each note. Other times I work out where the 1, 2, 3, and 4 beats fall, and highlight them with a yellow marker. Whatever works.

              Sunjamr Steve

            • August 24, 2017 at 6:26 pm #78545
              Robert C. M
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                All of this is very helpful.

                Thanks,

                Chip

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